What is Firewall as a Service?
A secure, cloud-based firewall service
brought to you by Azured
How can FWaaS help?
Azured’s Firewall as a Service offers businesses a solution for secure internet access. Delivering peace of mind, Azured deploys and manages its Firewall service; offering a complete end-to-end solution protecting your business from the ever-evolving cyber threats and predators.
Azured’s FWaaS enhances security by using advanced protection measures for cloud computing applications and virtual networks, ensuring businesses can maintain high availability while implementing robust security measures.
Why does my business need it?
As hostile organisations continue to evolve, stronger and smarter tools to guard against attacks are required, such as a cloud-based firewall service.
FWaaS gives you access to expert firewall management and security capabilities without the need for a dedicated security team to maintain the hardware or software. It offers features like DNS security, intrusion prevention and detection, always-on VPN, deep packet inspection, and URL filtering across your entire environment, all at a pay-as-you-go rate. A Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) provider helps keep sensitive data secure as it moves through your environment by enforcing security policies and using intrusion prevention systems to maintain strong network protection.
How can I enhance my cloud security?
A cloud-based firewall is the optimal choice for cloud-based workloads because it seamlessly integrates with the cloud environment, offering scalability, flexibility, and real-time threat intelligence. Unlike traditional on-premises firewalls, cloud-based firewalls dynamically adjust to the changing demands of cloud workloads, providing consistent protection across cloud services. It can also simplify ongoing management so that security policies are uniformly applied, regardless of where the workload is hosted.
However, a cloud-based firewall is just one aspect of a robust cybersecurity posture. To fully protect your cloud environment, consider integrating additional cloud security solutions, such as identity and access management, endpoint protection, threat detection, and response solutions. Together, these services provide layered protection, ensuring your business maximises its cloud investment by enhancing security, reducing complexity, and optimising performance. Ultimately, delivering right-sized value and protection for your cloud-based assets.
What is the benefit of cloud-enhanced security?
Particularly beneficial for organisations with dynamic, distributed, or remote work environments, a cloud-based firewall service offers significant advantages over traditional on-premises firewalls in terms of scalability, cost-efficiency, and ease of deployment.

Scalability
Cost-efficiency
Availability and performance
Automatic updates and patching
Flexibility and innovation
Global reach
Resource allocation
Why we choose to work with Palo Alto Networks
When only the best will do, we chose to create FWaaS using Palo Alto’s next-generation Firewall.
Palo Alto Networks® next-generation firewalls detect known and unknown threats, including encrypted traffic, using intelligence generated across many thousands of customer deployments. That means they reduce risks and prevent a broad range of attacks.
Quickly create security rules that mirror business policy, are easy to maintain and adapt to your dynamic environment. Reduce response times with automated policy-based actions and automate workflows via integration with administrative tools such as ticketing services or any system with a RESTful API.